About the Author

Stanley Salmons was born in Clapton, East London. He is internationally known for his work in the fields of biomedical engineering and muscle physiology, published in over two hundred papers and nine books. Although still actively contributing to the real world of research, he maintains a parallel existence as a fiction writer, in which he can draw from his broad scientific experience. He has written over forty short stories, which have appeared in anthologies and been serialised in magazines. This is his fourth novel. Also by Stanley Salmons: THE MAN IN TWO BODIES, ALEXEI'S TREE AND OTHER STORIES, A BIT OF IRISH MIST, FOOTPRINTS IN THE ASH, NH3.